Proverbs 19 Navigating the path that leads to life

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1 Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse

We need a navigator, someone who can keep us on the right path. So who do you get. You have CNN or you have some poor news agency like Newsmax or NTD? You are better off with those whose walk is blameless than with those whose lips are perverse. For example, the NY Times is highly respected worldwide, yet they used some low level staffer, a clerk, as an anonymous source to disparage the Trump administration and portrayed him as a high ranking official in the administration. People thought it was the chief of Staff or Secretary of State. This is perverse. You are far better off with Steve Bannon than the NY Times.

2 Desire without knowledge is not good— how much more will hasty feet miss the way!

One thing that Bannon requires is “the receipts”, the evidence. There are a lot of people that watch and comment that desire certain things to happen. This is the motivation behind conspiracy theories. They want the election fraud exposed and prosecuted so a theory sprung up that the military sent in Delta forces to seize a server in Europe from a CIA server farm, there was a firefight, but they have the server and now there will soon be a military tribunal. Bannon ridicules these theories because they are “pie in the sky”. You desire this to be true but have no evidence that it is. Hasty feet refer to Pelosi and her impeachment of Trump. They wrote up the articles of impeachment without the evidence, based on hearsay. Now they are humiliated and exposed as frauds.

3 A person’s own folly leads to their ruin, yet their heart rages against the Lord.

You did it to yourself. Twitter’s ruin is self inflicted. I fully expect them to lie a deceive others about the health of these tech giants, but the truth is the world has been warned. It isn’t just the US, but countries around the world from Australia to Uganda, they are all figuring out how to not allow these tech giants to do to them what they saw happen to the US president. If you are wise you will flee these companies while you have a chance.

4 Wealth attracts many friends, but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.

These tech giants have assembled a large group of “friends” with their wealth, but what happens when the stock price collapses? They will be deserted.

5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will not go free.

The lies have been pouring out from the mainstream media and the tech giants. Hunter Biden’s laptop is an example, the impeachment trials are other examples, the FISA warrants, are a third. This will not go unpunished.

6 Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.

Do not be deceived, Pelosi is not a ruler, Biden is not a ruler. I believe that this age will end with them seeing that the real ruler of Democracy is the “will of the people”. This government is “of the people, by the people and for the people”. It is not of Biden, or for Pelosi, or by congress. These people are animated by the Spirit. It is not by power or might, it is by the Lord’s Spirit. You need to see who the real ruler is if you are going to navigate the path that leads to life. Jesus is Lord working through His spirit in His people.

7 The poor are shunned by all their relatives— how much more do their friends avoid them! Though the poor pursue them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.[a]

Money does not make you rich because it is a vapor here today and gone tomorrow. Faith, hope and love are the things that make you rich. Yes, Twitter has lots of money, but do they have faith, hope and love? A navigator needs to be able to see through the fog, through the clouds. Twitter’s money is the fog, look for faith, hope and love to see who is really rich and who is really poor.

 

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8 The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.

Navigating the path of life includes being able to see the future and who will prosper. What do I see? I see that the tech giants will perish. But I doubt everyone else sees that. They will hold onto the stock, they will defend the stock price, and that is a blessing because it allows those who see what is about to happen to get out. Where should they go? The service is essential, it is just that those who were offering it were fools, so go to someone who is offering the service and is not a fool. I suspect that Rumble and Parler will soon prosper. That said am I putting my money where my mouth is? No. I do not believe the US economy will prosper. I believe the day of the Lord includes judgement on the US. Salvation does not come from a good stock investment, it comes from the Lord Jesus. I am putting all my chips on Jesus and all my hope is on faith in Him. I believe that very shortly you will hear the world proclaim “blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord”.

9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will perish.

He just said that a few verses ago! True, but the context was different. You can have a false witness in the media trying to manipulate public opinion, you can also have a false witness trying to convince people to buy stocks that are about to collapse. But wait, they did go unpunished. After the mortgage crisis where were the false witnesses that got punished? Not one in the US, no they got government bailouts and paid themselves bonuses. How do you reconcile the Lord’s word here with what we saw with our own eyes in 2008? Simple, what you saw with your own eyes was not the full extent of the falsehood. Investment banks were guilty and bankers and rating agencies were all guilty of being false witnesses. But obviously the government was also involved, the department of Justice was also involved. We tried to drain the swamp and who stood in the way? Judges, elected officials, election officials, the tech giants, the mainstream media, and foreign countries like China and Iran. The connection is being exposed like a nasty bloody chain that is trying to bring all of America into bondage. The Lord’s word is true, they will not go unpunished. We are still in the discovery phase.

10 It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!

The church needs to appreciate that we are princes, sons of God, our older brother is the king. It is not fitting that slaves of sin should rule over us. Google and Twitter and Facebook have been trying to rule over us. Telling us what we can and cannot say. This should be a wake up call to all of us.

 

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11 A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

Think about it, at some point you realized you were being lied to. Did anyone hold it to your account that prior to that you were echoing lies? Did anyone hold it to your account that you were rebuking those who were telling you the truth? This is wisdom, we don’t condemn people who are deceived, instead we overlook that offense to make it easier for them to see the truth and repent.

12 A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

You have to pick sides, everyone is picking sides and this is of the Lord. On one side they will suffer the rage of the Lord Jesus, on the other side they will enjoy the favor of the Lord Jesus. We are navigating a path that avoids the rocks, like falling into the teeth of the lion, and instead are seeking out that path that will cause His favor to shine on us.

13 A foolish child is a father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.

My father taught me the importance of navigating away from the rocks. We had a small boat and I went out with him before school to check our lobster pots. One morning the fog came in and once we dropped the pots back down we couldn’t see five feet in front of the boat. Our lobster pots were in among the rocks so this was quite scary, go the wrong way and we’ll be on the rocks. On the other hand you can’t just sit there because the tide and wind will push you onto the rocks. What to do? We could hear a bell buoy nearby so my dad decided to head towards it with me on the bow watching for rocks with an oar. Still once you get to the bell buoy you are now on the edge of the channel, but which edge? We got up to the buoy and my dad asked for the number, I didn’t realize these things had numbers, but I found it and told him. He then pulled out the map found the number and we were then able to figure out almost where we were. We then headed to the next bell buoy and when we had that number we knew exactly where we were. I never understood before why we needed that map. The Bible is our map, it helps us navigate in the most extreme circumstances. The most extreme situation anyone can be in is to have a really horrible marriage. A quarrelsome, adulterous wife. A foolish child will make this mistake and the father knows such a thing would be his ruin. Your parents, the Bible, are all about helping you navigate to avoid this mistake. Do not rage against the Lord if this happens to you, it was your own folly.

14 Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.

The forefathers of this nation left us all kinds of great assets. The constitution, the bill of rights, a country that goes from sea to shining sea. But if you want a congress that is prudent, that is from the Lord. You look at the corruption, the lies, the hypocrisy overflowing from the Capitol you are seeing that we have lost the Lord’s favor. We have rejected Him and He is rejecting us. The issue is not a phony impeachment or a rigged election. The issue is that God’s people have rejected the Lord.

15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.

So many people didn’t want anything to do with the government, didn’t care about the news, let someone else worry about that, they have more important things. They would rather watch football or some hollywood movie than pay attention to what is going on. While you slept the thieves crept in. Until you deal with your laziness there will be no solution.

 

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16 Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life, but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.

To reject the laws of God is to show contempt for your ways. There are certain rules for a navigator. They know how to tell their location using the North Star and a clock. If your clock doesn’t work you have a real problem which is why Britain didn’t just develop a world class navy they also developed world class clocks. But what if you can’t see the North Star because of clouds? As a result they would have maps of the entire sky. The problem is the stars you can see at night change with the seasons. So not only did they have maps of all the stars, they had copies of these maps for every month. The navigator got a big room on a ship with these maps. You look and all you can see is the ocean in every direction, but a navigator who keeps these maps, these commandments, can see exactly where you are on that big wide open sea. I used to have contempt for that map my dad had, but once I gained an appreciation for it I realized that map could save my life.

17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.

You want some investment advice? Be kind to the poor.

18 Discipline your children, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to their death.

No one likes to be mocked, ridiculed and insulted. When people are foolish and are deceived they may do this thinking they are doing the right thing. Even a father could be so offended he decides to let his son follow his foolishness to his death. Wisdom is not wisdom if it does not include faith, hope and love.

19 A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty; rescue them, and you will have to do it again.

Sometimes the only remedy, the only cure is to pay the penalty. A person who gets into a bar fight, maybe it is better to spend six months in jail than for others to make excuses about how they are really a good person. When you do that you minimize the severity of their crime. This could lead to domestic violence. Every person who has rioted and looted this year must be prosecuted and pay the penalty. It is disgusting to me to hear of Kamala Harris and others bailing them out and letting them take part in more riots.

20 Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.

Really? I remember as a kid I was a fool. I was completely clueless about what wisdom was, it was a total mystery. Could it really be this simple, listen to advice and accept discipline?

 

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21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.

Denzel Washington said “no one plans to fail, they fail to plan”. But that wasn’t the only thing he said in that speech. He also said that when you go to bed push your slippers way under the bed so in the morning you will have to get on your knees to get them, and while down there pray to God. The Lord’s purpose will prevail, are you aligned with the Lord’s purpose? Pray. Read the word and little by little you will be.

22 What a person desires is unfailing love[b]; better to be poor than a liar.

A liar is truly a big flashing red light alarm. If you are dating a girl and she is a liar, that is all you need to know, extricate yourself from that relationship as soon as you can. If you are in business with someone and learn they are a liar, remove yourself from that contract as soon as possible. If you learn that the NY Times is a liar, or CNN, or MSNBC, or Facebook, or Twitter, or Google then terminate your relationship with them. It is better to be poor, use a different search engine, use a different source for your news. Everyone wants unfailing love, it is very hard to find, so you will find liars promising that. Don’t fall for it.

23 The fear of the Lord leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by trouble.

Really, untouched by trouble? There are a lot of scary things happening today and so far I have been “untouched”. That doesn’t mean I have hid in the basement, no I have been on the streets protesting injustice. It doesn’t mean I have been silent, no I speak every day. Hiding in the basement, being silent and avoiding confrontation is not equivalent to “the fear of the Lord”.

24 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

We got into this situation with a corrupt government selling us out to foreign nations because we were lazy and we slept. Now it is time to rise and eat. These giants are our food. Slay them.

25 Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.

When Twitter’s stock price collapses, when the board of directors fires the CEO and other key personnel, when the lawsuits hit their backs like lashes from a whip. Then the simple in other companies will learn prudence. The discerning will gain knowledge from this rebuke.

26 Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace.

Twitter kicked out their biggest and best accounts how idiotic is that. With the investors and advertisers this will bring shame and disgrace. Twitter censored the people who use the service with bogus excuses and prevented the truth from getting out about Biden prior to the election. The main value of Twitter is to disseminate the truth that everyone needs quickly and widely. They violated their entire reason for existence, they insulted their customers and got rid of their biggest and most profitable customers. What a shame and disgrace.

27 Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

Wisdom is not once for all. Just ask the Exxon Valdez what happens if you stray from the path.

28 A corrupt witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.

This has been on full display these last three months as they claim there has been no evidence of election fraud and the lawsuits are frivolous.

29 Penalties are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

Yeah! Amen and Amen.